Close Schools, Open Schools
- Chicago Public Schools moved to open seven new charter schools over the next two years, but the Board of Education also denied 11 other proposals as charter proponents and opponents clashed at the Board of Education meeting Wednesday.
This after already closing 50 schools across Chicago, mostly south and west. We can see consolidation of under-utilized properties, but the only reasoning here seems to be (A) a massive shifting of taxpayer money to private corporations who have contributed mightily to Rahm and (B) breaking the teachers union.
Don't believe it? How about this number, taken directly from the CPS supplied numbers:
Don't believe it? How about this number, taken directly from the CPS supplied numbers:
- Jennie Biggs, of Raise Your Hand and the Bridgeport Alliance, presented a data study showing that 47 percent of Chicago's charter schools are underenrolled, a figure later cited by Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis in her remarks to the board.
So much for the supposed "high demand" for charter schools used to justify so much of this.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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Lots of money filled cash envelopes flying around.....
Check out these 9 things about charters and choice...
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-public-fools/2014/01/9-things-the-mayor-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-charter-expansion-in-chicago/
You have to hope that the sheeple finally wake up and realize this guy is no good. I doubt it though. What was the % of voter turnout for the mayoral primary? 35-40%? Someone please refresh my memory.
Lots of money for new charter schools. Billions of dollars in downtown upgrades including lighting up the Chicago River Walkway.
But no money for contracts and pensions?
WHY? Because we are to stupid to stick together and fight these bastards.
Off topic
Copper locked up in area north shaking down immigrants well will they learn
You hit the nail on the head. Charter schools don't do any better than regular public schools once they don't get to pick their students, but they are pretty good for breaking unions and enriching connected administrators.
Rahm is trying to break the public employee unions. Police, fire, CTA, teachers etc etc etc.
He already got his tens of millions from Rauner so fuck everyone else.
Charters are unfortunately a way to transfer public education money to his "friends".
And you are naïve enough to believe what ever the teachers union tells you? Say, I have some ocean front property in Nevada for sell, and at a real good prive.
If chicago is going to offer two sets of structures under one very poorly performing system, one that costs $ 14,000 per filled seat, and another that costs half of that, both of which fail to prepare students beyond much more than the ability to drop out after 10 years of wasted tax dollars, than I'm glad the one that costs less is expanding.
I wouldn't believe any numbers that are presented by a pro teachers union organization. School choice is the only proven method to better education. Catholic schools and other private religious schools have been doing a lot more with much less funding.
Without changing the "input" into any school whether it be CPS or Charter nothing will change.
Paul Levy...Friend of Rahm.
Great article about really,really rich guys making out well with charter school rents over at:
norauner.com
Dumbass Prosser principal Kenneth Hunter increased his enrollment the last two years to get an extra Asst. Principal and in doing so made Prosser an overcrowded school. If he keeps his enrollment down instead of fleecing the taxpayers so the new AP (his buddy from Amundsen) can handle all the teacher REACH evaluations, then the new charter school across from Prosser has a harder time being opened.
Don't forget if you're a PO working Prosser and you don't play by his murky rules, he complains about you and you get kicked out of HIS school, while he embarasses you with his rants in front of students and teachers.
Close every library you will save millions!They are loaded with creeps and security guards watching the creeps.
please dont post when drinking...
Catholic schools???? Send your kid to a bunch of pedophiles??? You must not watch the news.
I wouldn't believe any numbers that are presented by a pro teachers union organization. School choice is the only proven method to better education. Catholic schools and other private religious schools have been doing a lot more with much less funding.
Agreed. Quite frankly, the C.T.U. can kiss my ass. They couldn't care less about the students. Their REAL concern is keeping as many teachers employed by city tax dollars as possible. I mean when you get right down to it, isn't that what every union is ultimately about?
This is union busting at its finest. I don't understand how the Chicago Teacher's Union lets this happen. Rahm is the devil squared.
The Prima Ballerina and his diabolical band of boogers at The Board of Education are systematically sabotaging Chicago Public Schools, through a lack of funding,and infrastructure investment, in order to increase matriculation at Charter Schools. Coincidently these same Charter schools are funded,operated ,and owned by his patrons, who refuse to send there own children to these same shoddy edifices of intellect.
It's all for the children. Children of the connected who stand go get rich.
I wouldn't believe anything from Raise Your Hand. It is not a "parents' group," it is a union front group. They have NEVER taken a position that wasn't pro-teachers union. They don't want what is best for the kids any more than Karen Lewis does. They want what is best for the union.
Madigan is backing a heavily influenced Hispanic Charter School proposal to build a grade school and high school in or around the area of 65th & Narragansette in the Garcia Ridge Neighborhood. They already have a CPS High School (Kennedy) and at least 3 grade schools in the area.
Teachers unions exist for two reasons, increasing the power of the union and its bosses, and funneling money to the democrat party. Teachers unions to not exist to help educate or provide a good education to our children.
Private and religious schools traditionally have provided a better education for much less money, and are almost always non-union. That's why the teachers unions hate them.
Hey 1:53 a.m. When was the last time YOU looked at Catholic H.S. prices per year? Mount Carmel, Loyola, Marion, Montini, Notre Dame, St. Pats your looking $10,000-$13,000 per kid. It's not more with less, there's a lot more there!
the teachers union stood up for themselves and struck for the first time in 25 years--- they may have won a short term victory but in the end they will lose--- they pissed off this tyrant thief of a mayor we have--- he will try to grind them into the ground because they dared to challenge his authority--- kneel down in front of the king....
I wouldn't believe any numbers that are presented by a pro teachers union organization. School choice is the only proven method to better education. Catholic schools and other private religious schools have been doing a lot more with much less funding.
Well, there has been "school choice" in chicago for as long as I've lived here (50+ years). It's called choosing between public and private schools.
Plus, this happening right after Rahm closed how many public schools? Using the excuse of under enrollment and costs?
And let's not forget that charter schools, while eligible for funding by the state, are run by non-government entities such as businesses and civic organizations.
That last point calls into question Rahms real motives.
And last, but certainly not least, what about the parents? Will sending their children to a Charter school get them MORE involved in their childs education? Or will it be a continuation of what we have already, basically a baby sitting service.
THANKS to 1/23/2014 12:23:00 AM
Great article - obviously not read by many since charters were approved yesterday. What a nasty business ... belies the "for the children" slogan - rats nest indeed.
Just so you know. Chicago Police do not have a union. FOP IS NOT A UNION.
1/23/2014 01:53:00 AM
re: statistics, AGREED! Check the sources & method of determining "fact" and agree that private school systems generally do much better because (IMHO) more parents invest time and money - they are frequently more involved. Catholic schools (first hand experience) are NOT day care centers - parents are expected to be involved...kids are expected to do homework. They learn consequences.
Further, why approve (& pay for) new charters where CPS closed schools as recently as last year? And, why are charters underperforming? What about political ties/clout and waste of millions in taxpayers$$$?
Wont look back when I retire and leave Illinois. Cesspool
I am not in favor of charter schools, but yes, please, get rid of the public school teacher's union. The national teachers union, NEA, is the largest union in the United States, and they blindly back every far left liberal Democrat candidate in every election. They support illegal immigration, unregulated abortion, creating all-gay high schools, making schools more Muslim-friendly, higher welfare, and to pay for all this, progressively higher taxes.
In case you haven't noticed, it's the liberals who run Hollywood, make cops look bad, hate cops, promote violence against the police, and who will re-elect Rahm again and again. So let's get rid of the teacher's union, lower our taxes, and make the world a better place to live.
Or, give me a voucher for the tax dollars that are extorted from me to support the very same liberal public school teachers who are destroying our society.
As for the FOP, they have never done anything for me. Let Rahm have them. We can do better.
Why am I getting messages on my Department email from a candidate's department email from the Citywide team with over a thousand department members cced on it re the upcoming fop election?
Theyre all idiots
Well need more safe passage bullshit to cover the poor children who must travel thru enemy territory! Maybe when all the cars in the district are down on safe passage then they will hire more police!
There's money to be made for that
corporation that will be set-up and
run by Rahm's friends to administer
these charter schools. And backed-by
property taxes, it's a cash cow.
Does this mean that barbara byrd-
bennett and the regular schools are
gone ? Chicago does not need a dual
school system competing with each
other for property tax money and students. Someone needs to exercise common sense and stop
these obvious revenue generating
ideas. And if you continue to do this spend the money where it is
needed for city-related NEEDS, not
feel-good projects like Divy Bikes, Maggie Park, DePaul's new
lakefront auditorium, etc.
This just goes to prove that Rahm's only agenda as mayor is to
raise money, lots and lots of it, at taxpayers expense.
With all the school closings and charter schools supposedly saving all this money, than our property tax should go down and pension fully funded, awesome.. yea right.
I worked for a charter school last year that was closed due to poor mgmt. They took all comers and performed worse than the neighborhood school according to PSAT test scores. Charters outperform public schools when they can kick out the underperformers (like Noble's demerit/fine system), and parents who enroll their kids there are more involved. Emmanuel's just out to bust unions and hire cheaper, less experienced teachers.
The looting of the public treasury will continue under Rahm & his Democratic henchmen.
It all depends on how much someone "donates".
Anonymous said...
I wouldn't believe any numbers that are presented by a pro teachers union organization. School choice is the only proven method to better education. Catholic schools and other private religious schools have been doing a lot more with much less funding.
1/23/2014 01:53:00 AM
Initially charter schools did quite well. Only because they get to pick and choose the students they want. Charter schools don't have to deal with kids who cause trouble and they don't have to deal with kids who are difficult to teach. Public schools in any big city are disasters. Not because of public schools but because of the economic and social circumstances.
Anonymous said...
Off topic
Copper locked up in area north shaking down immigrants well will they learn
1/23/2014 01:01:00 AM
WHAT??!!! I hope that is not true. I remember years and years ago a policeman was shaking down Polish contractors along Milwaukee Avenue. If this is true, the media is going to have a field day.
If closing schools and cutting staff (btw-charter teachers paid less) is saving money, why doesn't the Chgo Public Schools portion of my tax bill go down?
The money that's being spent to rehab buildings and convert dollar stores into empty charter schools is being redirected to The Friends of Rahm..
[source - Rich Daley's Investors Almanac, chapter 6, page 432 titled "It takes Village Idiots to Build a City" ]
Rahm=union buster
Hi, long time reader, first time commenter. Let me clear up a few things.
One, the number of empty charter seats cited by Raise Your Hand is from a parent group, not the CTU. Many of us have no problems with a moderate amount of charter schools which provide opportunities to experiment w/ different models of education in Chicago AS LONG AS they are 1) transparent w/ how they are spending taxpayer $$, 2) are held to the same performance standards as other CPS schools, 3) are transparent with the agreements/conditions of their charter with the District (currently, these are not shared with taxpayers), 4) are measured against other schools that can restrict enrollment, such as magnet schools, 5) do not get preferential treat in regards to funding and support. There are good charters and terrible charters in the City of Chicago, just like there are great traditional schools and terrible traditional schools in the City. Private schools, like Catholic schools, can also pick and choose students, filtering out students who they can't afford to support (the significantly cognitively disabled for instance.) So, is it educating better in private, magnet or charters? Or better filtering? In working through the data, it's not always clear. (I'm the parent and researcher behind the CPS Apples 2 Apples data project)
Charters are currently funded at the same rate as non-charters per pupil. They do not cost less to the District. They use fewer Central Office resources (and have more freedom from many Central Office requirements). But they also tend to pay very large salaries to the executives who are running the next (6 figures for each charter network) as well as paying a principal/assistance principal. So, some of that money is going to executives, not to the classroom. There are federal financial incentives for investors to "invest" in charter school support and then make money from those investments related to something called "The New Markets Tax Credit" (NMTC) which is why you see corporations, hedge funds, Wall Street, and foundations interested in investing in charter school projects. It is actually very lucrative.
It's a little more complex than this, but that is an overview.
The approval of the 7 charter schools yesterday was more difficult for the Board to avoid than it is imagined. Any charter school denied can now appeal to the State Charter Commission for approval w/o the input of Chicago Public Schools. If approved, they can open up a school w/ taxpayer money and zero oversight from the District (less than the little oversight that CPS has now over charters). This happened with 2 schools which were turned down last year. Better to approve the schools which would likely get approved by the State Commission and retain oversight, then turn them down and have them open later with no oversight at all.
This is not straightforward. It is systemic, and could really change the landscape of the public school system. As you know, as law enforcement, problems with schools end up as your problems on the street eventually.
They are throwing out the squatter question. They realized that it was unfair because the question did not specify that it was a SWAT incident. Also, I work at headquarters and they are putting together a class of 100 sergeants from the old list. This will be the last class before the old list is replaced by the new one.
Let's face the facts. The CPS are a total waste of millions of taxpayer dollars. Their sole benefit is the palliative care of hopeless parasitic imbeciles.
School is now a way for big brother to feed and care for kids 8 or 9 hours a day because many are from broken , one parent , baby mama , who,where's the daddy type democratic family . Shame , feel sad for kids , maybe big brother should build shelters and raise the kids 24 hours a day , cut out welfare for baby mama , give baby mama visiting hours .
Note to all. You do not have to be a certified teacher to teach in a Charter School. Lower Pay, Longer Hours and little to no Pension.
I think they call this Union Busting. Next City Workers, Fire and Police.
The Chicago Teachers Union is a marxist run organization. Check out the links below on VP Jesse Sharkey, their number two behind Lewis. Notice that their color is red.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2965892/posts
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/04/Chicago-Teachers-Union-VP-Busted-Participating-in-Midwest-Marxism-Conference
http://education-curriculum-reform-government-schools.org/w/2012/11/out-of-the-closet-chicago-teachers-union-leader-speaks-at-marxist-conference/
This all boils down to Rahm and Rauner and their union busting ways.
Studies show that charter schools have been proven to be no better than traditional CPS schools.
The difference is charter schools are privately run( by Rahm's connected friends) yet they operate off of public school funds( our tax dollars).
Because they're privately run they aren't unionized and therefore Rahm can further his attack on unions.
You know all this bullshit is so the little asshole Rahm can make his friends richer......
Anyone who's opposed to charter schools doesn't live on the northwest side in the bullshit tier 1 and tried to get into a decent school.
What's wrong with busting up the Chicago Teachers Union? You really want Karen Lewis in charge of ANYTHING?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/06/19/lewis-points-finger-at-rich-white-elites-for-school-problems/
The woman never met a tax she didn't think needed to be raised, or a problem she couldn't blame white people for.
This a simple no brainer. Close CPS schools where a teacher's gross income is around $80,000 a year. Open charter schools where a teacher's gross income is $30,000 a year.
Chicago Magazine has a great article about Juan Rangel/UNO (biggest Hispanic charter school operator) ...very enlightening. Don't know if you can read it online yet. More corruption, more clout, more greed, more failure from the people who were entrusted by the sheeple to make things better.
Does it ever end?
Anonymous said...
You know all this bullshit is so the little asshole Rahm can make his friends richer......
1/23/2014 04:17:00 PM
BINGO! You win!
Anonymous said...
They are throwing out the squatter question. They realized that it was unfair because the question did not specify that it was a SWAT incident. Also, I work at headquarters and they are putting together a class of 100 sergeants from the old list. This will be the last class before the old list is replaced by the new one.
1/23/2014 12:22:00 PM
And I forgot to add the announcement will be made this Friday. Tomorrow.
Stroke.
School choice is the only proven method to better education. Catholic schools and other private religious schools have been doing a lot more with much less funding
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First of all, "choice" is not a method. Secondly, charters and private school can pick and choose which children can get in and who can get kicked out. Parents of private schools have a vested interest in their child's education and care because they pay money. Third, the cps is underfunding schools with malicious intent in order to make sure that they fail so the city can wash its hands of education.
I work at a CPS high school and there are some major shit head kids in it which the city refuses to suspend-our school has to beg downtown to approve discipline measures that you would never even think would be denied support.
Bottom line, we cant throw shit heads out. My school should have an average ACT score of 24 if we could pick and choose! See there is that word "choice" again. Funny how I don't get to choose who I get to teach. The students have a right to a free education. They have to go some place (special ed, handicapped,behavior disorders, wards of state) charters and private schools can deny all these students.
Please read the link in an above post about 9 things rahm does not want you to know about charter schools.
Let Rahm have them. We can do better.
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Spoken like a true asshole.
Quite frankly, the C.T.U. can kiss my ass. They couldn't care less about the students. Their REAL concern is keeping as many teachers employed by city tax dollars as possible. I mean when you get right down to it, isn't that what every union is ultimately about?
Good for you. You figured it out, unions advocate for their workers! Workers then advocate for their students. Someone is getting esmarter
Anonymous said...
This a simple no brainer. Close CPS schools where a teacher's gross income is around $80,000 a year. Open charter schools where a teacher's gross income is $30,000 a year.
1/23/2014 05:12:00 PM
You're spot on my friend. In fact Prosser Career Academy HS, an underperforming and overcrowded school, has 20-25 teachers/administrators making $86K+ with 10-14 of them making close or over $100. One shop teacher (Frank Lagodny) is teaching a construction class for $105K. Prosser's principal (Kenneth Hunter) made $172K last year and that included being suspended by CPS for 2 months without pay.
To the goof who said FOP has never done anything for me: You may have made the most moronic comment ever posted on this site.
While you may not care for one or more of the current leadership, have you ever taken a look at your contract book? Everything in that book was fought for and earned by the FOP. The City didn't give us any of it because we're such great guys.
There was a time when there wasn't any overtime. Coppers never saw a weekend off. Your days off, watch, and even district could be changed on a whim. Let's see. Better work schedule, compressed salary schedule, free health care at 55, no more rotating shifts, legal defense coverage for twenty four bucks a year. Do you really think these things materialized out of thin air?
You always have the option to become a fair share member. It's something you should consider.
Don't forget if you're a PO working Prosser and you don't play by his murky rules, he complains about you and you get kicked out of HIS school, while he embarasses you with his rants in front of students and teachers.
Any PO who allows himself/herself to be treated that way by a fuckin school administrator deserves the embarrassment. I'm a school officer at one of the worst schools in the city. When my partner & came through those doors 3 years ago, one of our first orders of business was to make it clear to the principal and his security people that WE DON'T WORK FOR YOU! You are not our supervisor! We're here for LAW ENFORCEMENT issues ONLY. Not to chase Pookie and Rayshawn around the halls, making sure the remove their hats. That's what your security team is for. We'll TELL YOU, when a situation warrants an arrest. You don't tell us...EVER! initially, Mr Principal man didn't like that setup, one bit. Bitched to our Commander about it. Commander backed us up. Three years later, the principal's greatest fear is that my partner & I will leave the school.
Anyone who's opposed to charter schools doesn't live on the northwest side in the bullshit tier 1 and tried to get into a decent school.
I do, take a good look. Almost all of the schools on the NW Side are way above the grade.
Try enrolling your white or black children in a Uno charter school. Sorry have to be hispanic. Sounds like racism at its best.
Spoken like a true asshole.
1/23/2014 09:03:00 PM
Great comeback. You must be a proud CPS graduate. And it was "written" not "spoken." Dummy.
Anonymous said...
To the goof who said FOP has never done anything for me: You may have made the most moronic comment ever posted on this site.
1/24/2014 06:27:00 AM
Okay, here's another one. FOP needs to go. They are a corrupted, rotten organization that has seen its day. All the things you named are from past days. The changes made on the last contract and the changes that are coming prove me right. Now go outside and straighten your Proud Union Home sign.
Any PO who allows himself/herself to be treated that way by a fuckin school administrator deserves the embarrassment. I'm a school officer at one of the worst schools in the city. When my partner & came through those doors 3 years ago, one of our first orders of business was to make it clear to the principal and his security people that WE DON'T WORK FOR YOU! You are not our supervisor! We're here for LAW ENFORCEMENT issues ONLY. Not to chase Pookie and Rayshawn around the halls, making sure the remove their hats. That's what your security team is for. We'll TELL YOU, when a situation warrants an arrest. You don't tell us...EVER! initially, Mr Principal man didn't like that setup, one bit. Bitched to our Commander about it. Commander backed us up. Three years later, the principal's greatest fear is that my partner & I will leave the school.
Thats because your commander backed you up. Only he can remove you from the school.
So wait? Breaking up that cluster of low IQ slugs knows as the Chicago Teachers Union is a bad thing? All the CTU has given Chicago is bankruptcy and kids who can't read or add. Close 'em all!
Courts all over the country, are starting to knock down Speed cameras and Red light cameras all over the country!
When is Illinois next?
http://townhall.com/watchdog/ohio/2014/01/24/ohio-red-light-cameras-n3877
Here's a story about another fine CPS teacher:
Lane Tech Coach Investigated For Inappropriate Conduct With Student
January 23, 2014 9:41 PM
CBS) – Chicago Public Schools officials and state investigators are looking into allegations that a Lane Tech teacher and coach had a sexual relationship with a female student.
CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley reports the webpage for Lane Tech aquatics touts the program’s success, and even though the page still lists Paul Rummelhoff as head swim coach, it appears he’s not currently at the helm.
Students said it’s been around two weeks since Rummelhoff, who’s also a math teacher, has been seen at the sprawling North Side school. He apparently was removed by CPS management.
School officials confirm he is being investigated for alleged inappropriate conduct with a female Lane Tech student.
“The safety and well-being of our students is among our top priorities. The district has been made aware of these allegations and has contacted appropriate agencies so that this matter is fully investigated,” a CPS spokeswoman said in a written statement.
Sources said the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has been notified and has launched an investigation as well.
Rummelhoff also served as an assistant baseball coach at Lane Tech. Word of these allegations is widespread at the school, especially among athletes.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/01/23/lane-tech-coach-investigated-for-inappropriate-conduct-with-student/
Here's a thought for you all...
CPD can go anywhere...private or public way..
Why not spend part of your shift checking vehicles in the Charter School Lots for expired plates and rear/front and city stickers...
To the goof who said FOP has never done anything for me: You may have made the most moronic comment ever posted on this site.
While you may not care for one or more of the current leadership, have you ever taken a look at your contract book? Everything in that book was fought for and earned by the FOP. The City didn't give us any of it because we're such great guys.
There was a time when there wasn't any overtime. Coppers never saw a weekend off. Your days off, watch, and even district could be changed on a whim. Let's see. Better work schedule, compressed salary schedule, free health care at 55, no more rotating shifts, legal defense coverage for twenty four bucks a year. Do you really think these things materialized out of thin air?
You always have the option to become a fair share member. It's something you should consider.
Fair share may be on its way out. US Supreme court is hearing a case on fair share right now Here is a quick short article about the case that states conservative judges appear to be changing their views on fair share. Unions could be in big trouble
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/21/264575979/high-court-considers-legality-of-fair-share-union-fees
You always have the option to become a fair share member. It's something you should consider.
1/24/2014 06:27:00 AM
He probably only has 4 years on the job. Everything you mentioned occurred when he was still in living at moms.
Madigan is backing a heavily influenced Hispanic Charter School proposal to build a grade school and high school in or around the area of 65th & Narragansette in the Garcia Ridge Neighborhood. They already have a CPS High School (Kennedy) and at least 3 grade schools in the area.
1/23/2014 08:32:00 AM
65 and Narragansett isn't Garcia Ridge dumb ass.
Here's a story about another fine CPS teacher:
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Just keep trying to smear a whole profession based off ill acts of a few... like the press does to police, you are now doing to teachers on the blog. Sorry you had a bad experience in school and now you take it out on others in your adult life.
Here's a story about another fine CPS teacher:
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Just keep trying to smear a whole profession based off ill acts of a few... like the press does to police, you are now doing to teachers on the blog. Sorry you had a bad experience in school and now you take it out on others in your adult life.
1/26/2014 08:54:00 AM
When's the last time CPS teachers and the CTU backed the CPD?....We're waiting for them like Maytag repairman does for work.
You teachers piss and moan how you're getting screwed all the time and how you want Rahm gone. At least we can all vote him out. Hell, you guys can't even back your own. Where were all you teachers when your buddies at the 50 schools were marching to stop from getting closed down? Where? On vacation....You teachers only marched downtown when it affected all your pockets...but, what did you teachers get out the strike? NOTHING, but, your fellow teachers losing their jobs at 50 schools and others who got cut due to budgetary reasons because you wanted your raises so bad.
NOTHING, but, your fellow teachers losing their jobs at 50 schools and others who got cut due to budgetary reasons because you wanted your raises so bad.
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You really want to be right don't you... teachers union stood by the police in may of 2012, the only time mikey shields got off his ass and showed up to a union march(I think rahm slapped his pee pee for that) and never again. FOP got good press for that too. The march for school closings is an attention tactic (we could have 26k or 26, it wouldn't matter, those school were closing so rahm slapped our for striking. Unions have been LEGISLATED OUT OF RIGHTS in Illinois. We cant collectively bargain laws. Now stop your crying and start fighting back or stfu!
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Anonymous said...
Here's a story about another fine CPS teacher:
http://secondcityteachers.blogspot.com/2014/06/lane-coach-waits.html
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